First DIY Build

TNewton

TNewton

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Hi peeps! This will be my first DIY build. I have had a good look round on this site and various others at all the brilliant info out there and I think I have finally decided on a set-up I think will work.

I have never spent this much in one go (~£1200) and am pretty much pushing my price limit so, I'm looking for, firstly, a thumbs up to say all this will work together :D

Asus MAXIMUS V GENE Z77
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz (black)
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz (red)
Asus GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB GDDR5 (x2)
OCZ 90GB Agility 3 SSD - 2.5" SATA-III
Seagate 1TB Barracuda 3.5" SATA-III Hard Drive
LGBH10LS38 10x BD-RW
Corsair AX850 Modular PSU
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium w/SP1

Secondly, are there any parts I should avoid or swap, bearing in mind I'm already at my budget so if there are better options that are the same price but cheaper then go ahead. Please don't take me the wrong way on this but I don't want to see "Well.. if you spend and extra £10 here and another £20 there..." that's how things get too expensive :D

And lastly are there any obvious parts missing aside from the case - I know that's missing; I still can't choose (atm I think arc mini but can't seem to find any...) so everything will be going in my old case for now.

So, how many of you went tl:dr ? :D :D

Thanks in advance peeps!

p.s once this is approved there will be some slightly more technical questions on set-up but we'll see how we go. For example I intend this to fit in a micro-atx case AND to be watercooled, but it will be aircooled to begin with so no over clocking tips yet, I dont want my core to melt :D
 
What is this build for? Gaming? Rendering etc? Bit of both? If its just for the likes of gaming and moderate use, you may not need so much RAM, 8GB of Corsair Vengeance should do you fine, it does for me.

And you could shave a few pound with a smaller power supply, I have the Corsair HX750W PSU, and running a 560Ti also, and with ease. So unless your planning on the likes of SLI in the future, maybe a 650 or a 750?
 
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

I have took the liberty if redoing your spec:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £154.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020002-UK) £84.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
Total : £1,164.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £29.99
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
Total : £1,024.44 (includes shipping : £10.50).




How about this ? Ok so its not pretty colours but the performance of the GPU is miles better then the 560Ti you specced.
 
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crikey! didn't expect so many replies so quickly :D

Should have said this first really shouldn't I :D
This PC will be for light gaming; Things like GW2 (not BF3 on High :D).
I'm looking at a 3 screen setup with 22" ish screens.
It will be a desktop (as opposed to an under table thing)
Will eventually be OC'd and WC'd.
Will be squeezed into a micro case :D

@Mei
Everything will be a new buy. I have a 8800GT in this pc but i'm pretty sure its the culprit behind a string of problems i'm having.

@Coolhipjim
I was planning on using the stock cooler, purely because i planned on over-clocking once I checked everything is working fine as it is. which would mean I'd be looking at water-cooling and so didn't want to spend too much on a massive air cooler.

@3lackMamba
see above

Ok, so people seam to be swinging towards one really good gfx card instead of two half decent ones? are these long cards (windforce and 660gtx) going to fit comfortably in a micro case?

@Mei (again :D)
your proposed build is the cheaper option but thats looks like it because its missing a load of stuff :D
 
RJC said:
Hello and welcome to the forum :)

I have took the liberty if redoing your spec:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £349.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard ** Free ROG 16GB USB ** £154.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020002-UK) £84.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x LG BH10LS38 10x BluRay-RW / 16 x DVD±RW Lightscribe Drive - Black (Retail) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £63.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775/FM1/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £28.99
Total : £1,164.48 (includes shipping : £10.50).

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Exactly what I was gonna suggest ;)
 
TNewton said:
crikey! didn't expect so many replies so quickly :D

Should have said this first really shouldn't I :D
This PC will be for light gaming; Things like GW2 (not BF3 on High :D).
I'm looking at a 3 screen setup with 22" ish screens.
It will be a desktop (as opposed to an under table thing)
Will eventually be OC'd and WC'd.
Will be squeezed into a micro case :D

@Mei
Everything will be a new buy. I have a 8800GT in this pc but i'm pretty sure its the culprit behind a string of problems i'm having.

@Coolhipjim
I was planning on using the stock cooler, purely because i planned on over-clocking once I checked everything is working fine as it is. which would mean I'd be looking at water-cooling and so didn't want to spend too much on a massive air cooler.

@3lackMamba
see above

Ok, so people seam to be swinging towards one really good gfx card instead of two half decent ones? are these long cards (windforce and 660gtx) going to fit comfortably in a micro case?

@Mei (again :D)
your proposed build is the cheaper option but thats looks like it because its missing a load of stuff :D
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hehe only the spinny drives! they dont exist to me ><
and ye u need to decide the case before can choose cooler/gfx card
 
oooh, saved myself £80. found my old vista disk and key code, so I can now reuse my old win7 upgrade :D

Again thanks for all your help people.

So except for the fact I've overdone it on the PSU power and Ram which I will rectify when I order the parts, I didn't do too bad :D

I've had a read the info one the 3 gfx cards proposed but just need to ask one question so I'm not shooting myself in the foot for later. Are the windwalker, twin frozen and the GTX 660 SC all reference cards? i.e can I get hold of full cover water-blocks when I eventually get round to it?
 
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http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/
Thats the site you need to find out.

And for the love of god, dont use vista.
You'll be far better with a 6 series card fella, if youre dropping 1200 on a build, I wouldnt recommend anything else, atleast a 660ti, 5 series are okay if you still have one, or if youre planning a STRICT low budget build, but if your ball-park is 1200, you shouldnt skimp on the GPU.... purely because you will get more use from it...

Vista.... dear god no
 
jeckulz said:
http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/
Thats the site you need to find out.

And for the love of god, dont use vista.
You'll be far better with a 6 series card fella, if youre dropping 1200 on a build, I wouldnt recommend anything else, atleast a 660ti, 5 series are okay if you still have one, or if youre planning a STRICT low budget build, but if your ball-park is 1200, you shouldnt skimp on the GPU.... purely because you will get more use from it...

Vista.... dear god no
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found my old vista disk and key code, so I can now reuse my old win7 upgrade :D
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